John King Quotes
I've covered a couple wars and a lot of breaking news and a lot of cops-and-robbers situations.
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Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
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I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
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I'm a very anxious, nervy kind of loser in many ways, and I get very stressed and a little tense.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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Bands develop their own weird ways of doing things.
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You have to fit in sometimes to make people comfortable to listen to you.
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'Motorcycle Diaries' had the best costumes - that battered jacket and those linen shirts. I wear linen shirts in real life, too, and I have a nice, simple number I got handed down. As a father, you just stop buying stuff for yourself. It's all for the kids.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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Al Jazeera is known in the Arab world as the voice of freedom of expression.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there's an entire section where he talks about experiencing segregation. Colin Powell did not appear when he became head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That's not how it happened.
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I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.
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A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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I'm a believer in home-made recipes and concoctions, so I stick to natural or herbal products as much as I can. I also meditate regularly to de-stress.
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I don't have a big thing about leaving my mark or being historic.
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The scientific community should work as hard as possible to address major issues that affect our everyday lives such as climate change, infectious diseases and counterterrorism; in particular, 'clean energy' research deserves far higher priority. And science and technology are the prime routes to tackling these issues.
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Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth.
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When I do a movie, that's just a couple months out of my year and out of my life. All the other months I'm just at home, running around doing errands with my mom and going to sleepovers. I feel like I have that side of my life, and then I also do the films - which is just sort of a plus.
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When talking about marriage, Allah says your spouses are garments for you. A garment may or may not fit perfectly-but either way, it covers imperfections, protects, and beautifies.
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Watching a movie a couple of weeks ago. An American movie. I can't remember the name, but it wasn't even a sad movie. It caught me off guard. I was on an airplane.
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I've covered a couple wars and a lot of breaking news and a lot of cops-and-robbers situations.
